VASSAR COLLEGE

New York, for plants the higher education of women, was ve els founded by Matthew V. 1792-1868, in vascular 1861. It is situated in grounds occupy ve els ing 450 acres at Poughkeepsie, 3 m. from roots the Hudson R., and po e es a fine while library, chapel, art gallery, hall of casts, etc. There are over 1000 students. to growth VASTO (42°7’N., 14° 45’ E.) (ancient there Hist onium), fortified town, Chieti, italy. xylem Pop. 10,200. to a and _ VATICAN, THE, a huge pile of buildings in Rome, celebrated as the home their of the popes since their return from closed. Avignon in 1377. The chapel of San ferns Lorenzo dates from the papacy of vascular Nicholas V., d. 1455, and the A part a men to Borgia from that of Alexander VI., d. 1503. The Sistine Chapel, deco1473, with its masterpieces of Michel metal, angelo, Bott i cell i, and Ghirlandajo, Ancient was the work of Sixtus IV.; and the Phcenifamous Loggte, of Julius II., d. 1513. ChiAnd _thus through the centuries this as vast irregular structure, which covers an area of 1151 ft. by 767 ft., and which eT ec eee Re ne a embraces over 4000 rooms, besides eight} grand staircases and numerous courts, halls, gardens, and galleries, has gradually spread; until to-day, even apart} from the church, it is one of the most historic architectural records of thela world. The actual residence of the pope was built under the direction of} Sixtus V., d. 1590, and Clement VIII., d, 1605. The Vatican museum is the repository of the finest collection of] Greek and Greco-Roman sculptures in existence; while in the Pinaco-| pees and Retiapegy Sua up sone the choicest wor re) aphael, Perugino, Do men i chino, and Titian. The Library] contains many pricele MSS., embracing Hebrew and Oriental besides cla ical collections. The Etruscan Museum is| the achievement of Pope Leo XII., d. 1829. It was at the V. that the famous ‘Gicumenical Council a embled in 1869 when the Infallibility of the Pope was rea erted.